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Patented Mar.20,1883-.

UNITED STATES HANS J. r. SOHULZE,

PATENT OFFIQE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUNDABOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,228, dated March20, 1883.

subject of the King of Prussia, and a resident of New York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain newand useful Roundabout, of which the following isa specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an amusing and entertainingroundabout or carr'ousel, with carriages or chairs, which have a forwardand rocking motion, made to imitate those of ashi p at sea, and thewhole to be decorated with sea-serpents, mermaids, and other marineobjects, and to be given as much as possible the appearance of ascene onthe ocean.

Of the drawings, Figure '1 is a vertical sectional view of the whole,showing the general arrangement of the carriages, ornaments, and drivingor motive power and their connections. Fig. 2is a detail view of one ofthe carriages, partially. in section, and showing a side view of therocking mechanism of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of therotatingplatt'orm, with the roof of the engine and portions of theplatform broken away to exhibit the mechanism below.

Like letters refer to like parts in all cases. The apparatus consists ofa rotating platform, A, mounted, by means of the supports 11',

upon the shafts b of the conical wheels 0 c, which are arrangedto travelupon the circular rails or tramways d d. The platform A is alsosupported and guided in the center by the spindle or shaft a, whichrevolves in the step 9. The platform A may be made or. wood, and theshaftiug, wheels, and other small parts may be of iron or othermaterial, as maybe deemed most suitable.

The motive or driving power is supplied by 'the boiler E and engine F,which, together, with the organ 0 or other musical instruments,

are placed as near as may be on the center of theplatform A, that theirweight may be taken directly by the spindle a and step or foundation 9.The engine F, by means ofa pitman and crank, m gives motion to the shaftm,

which has secured upon it a small bevel or cog wheel, at, which engageswith a large crown or bevelcogged annulus, N. TheannulusN being firmlysecured to' a stationary bed or foundation, the action of the engine Fcausing the Application filed January 16, 1883. (No model.)

wheel n to revolve, the whole platform is thereby caused to rotate uponits vertical axis a.

Upon the spindle a is secured a disk, g, with suitable hearings or stepsfor the ends of the shafts b and m, and in which these shafts b aresecured by grooves and pins or rollers that permit of their freerotation, but prevent their being drawn out of the disk 9. One end'ofthe shaft m is carried in the bracket on, secured to the platform A. Theshafts b are made as many in number as the carriages and other movingobjects desired, according to the size determined upon for the whole.These shafts b are placed radially under the platform A, and upon theirouter portion is hung the carriage G.

The method of hanging the carriage G is as follows: Two uprightsupports, 0 c, are forked at the bottom, so'as to straddle the shafts b.Projections of the same, ii, are loosely fastened to the platform, sothat the supports ee may rise and fall upon the shaft b, but nototherwise change their position. At the tops of the supports e e arepins ff. One of these supports is placed upon each side: of the body ofthe carriage (J, and the carriage G is suspended from the pinsff, so asto swing upon the same.

To give the carriage O the proper swinging tion, a small cog-wheel, h,is secured upon Matt I). This gives motion to a larger cogwhee It, whichrevolves upon an axis, 1', fixed to e or e The cog-wheel It carries aneccentric pin, 1,, which, revolving between two campieces, p 12, fixedupon the side of 0, gives the same the desired movement. To relieveihemo tion ofall shock and make it more natural in its effect, thecam-pieces p p are provided with cushions or springs k, upon which thepin Z impinges as it revolves. The upper 'surface of the platform ismade to resemble the waves of the sea and the various marine objects,either natural or mythological, so arranged as to conceal the engine andrender the delusion as complete as possible.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a roundabout, the arrangement of the engine F, having upon itsshaft a cog-wheel, a, combined with the stationary or fixed annulus Qamaze or cog-wheel N, the whole being constructed i carriage 0, havingcam-pieces p p and cushand arranged as and for the purposes herein ionsor springs 7c,with the eccentric pin 1, and

shown and set forth. cost-wheels h h, with their shafts, when 0011- 152. In a roundabout, the combination of the 'structed and operated as andfor the purposes 5 rotating platform A with the spindle a,- disk hereinshown and described.

g, and radial shafts b,whee1s c c, and carriages Signed at New York, inthe county of New Y C, as herein described. York and State of New York,this 5th day of 3. The combination of the carriage 0, pins January, A.D. 1883. ff, supports 6 e, shaft b, and wheels 0 c, as HANS J. F.SCHULZE. I 10 anrl for the purposes herein shown and set ,Witnesses:

forth. CHAS. RAETTIG,

4. In a roundabout, the combination of the H. S. MITQHELL.

